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Monterey Gourmet Foods company history timeline

1989

1989: The company is incorporated.

1993

By the end of January investors had driven the stock price up more than 125 percent from opening day to $13.5, making it the sixth-best-performing new stock of the last quarter of 1993.

In 1993 they let him assume the strategic management of the company, first becoming MPC's chief financial officer and then its CEO.

1995

In August 1995 management announced a major restructuring plan in which MPC would sell or close 20 restaurants in California and Texas.

1995: New CEO Norman Dean begins divesting restaurant chain; resigns abruptly.

1997

It wasn't until mid-1997 that a new CEO was found in R. Lance Hewitt, another food industry veteran from spice makers McCormick & Co.

1998

The growth of its grocery store base continued strongly into 1998 with penetration into Kentucky and Illinois.

1999

By September 1999 Monterey Pasta was well on its way to a stunning comeback.

2002

In November 2002 Monterey Pasta bought yet another firm, Emerald Valley Kitchen, an organic food manufacturer in Eugene, Oregon, for $5.74 million in cash.

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1989
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